Interesting facts about Canada's PMs

Bering Sea settlement is nearly a half million dollars

1897 — The Bering Sea Commission, meeting in Ottawa, awards Canadian sealers $464,000 ($12 million today) in damages based on arbitration in Great Britain’s (therefore Canada’s) favour in Paris four years ago. Canada’s representative at those talks was Prime Minister Sir John Thompson.

Determining the damages against the U.S., for restricting sealing in the Bering Sea and impounding boats, began last February. The announcement is good news for the government of Sir Wilfrid Laurier.